by Brett Weiss | May 28, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview
I like a good, epic solo adventure like H.E.R.O. for the ColecoVision, or God of War for the PlayStation 2, as much as anyone, and I also enjoy playing (and replaying) any number of quickie twitch games, all by my lonesome. However, there’s nothing quite like facing...
by Shaun Jex | May 26, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
For my money, artists such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Bob Fosse don’t hold a candle to men like Ric “Nature Boy” Flair or Kerry Von Erich. Nor can Pavarotti or Maria Callas match the passion and drama of performers like Gorgeous George or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson....
by Brendan Meharry | May 25, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade
The Evercade is an interesting new retro handheld we’ve been closely following at OSGM HQ for the last month or so. Starting off as something mysterious, it was soon revealed to be a completely self-contained console that would play retro games – but most importantly,...
by Antoine Clerc-Renaud | May 25, 2019 | 1980s
This is a tricky one as only a handful—not even—were ever made for a contest and they look exactly the same as the original. Let’s go back in time for a bit. The year is 1982, Imagic just released Atlantis for the Atari 2600 and other systems including the...
by Ric Pryor | May 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Reviews
For the sake of expediency, I’m going to assume that anyone reading this is already familiar with the Atari 2600 game Adventure and not spend a lot of time explaining it. I’m not even going to do the thing where I say I’m not going to explain it but...
by Michael Thomasson | May 23, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns
Atari’s Warlords is considered one of the best competitive video game titles of all time. Warlords is a simple game that took Atari’s early games Quadrapong and Breakout and greatly improved upon them. By taking the multi-player paddle premise and spinning the concept...